Improved card-holder for trunks



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WILLIAM L. PAINE, 0F BOSTUN, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent No. l(0,887, dated November 12, 1867.

IMPROVED GARD-HOLDER POR TRUNKS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY. CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. PAINE, of Boston, in the county of Suifolk/and Stato of Massachusetts, have invented an'ImpI-oved Card-Holder for Trunks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specication, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cardholder. I

Figure 2 is a section on the line :n :v of g.-1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line y y of iig. 1.

This invention has for its object to provide a ready means of attaching address-cards to trunks, and consists in two plates, secured ata suitable distance apart, and having suilicient spring to allow the ends of the card to be inserted beneath them, the card being held securely in place by suitable projections or points.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner Inwhich I have carried'it-out.- i i In the said drawings, A represents the side of a trunk, to which are attached, at a suitable distance apartA by means of the screws a, two narrow strips or plates, B C, of thin metal, which possess suicient Spring to I allow their inner edges 4 to be raised by the n'gers, in order' to insert the extremities of a card, D, bearing the required address, which is held securely in position by means of sharp points b, projecting from the under side of the plates B. C, which'pass through the ends of the card into recesses e made to receive them.

'If preferred, the points which serve to hold the ends of the card D may be made to project out from the side of the trunk beneath the plates B C, instead of from the plates themselves, as above described, without departing from the spirit of4 my invention, and any desired number of points or projections may be used.

The length of the strips B C should be sufficient to admit the ends of a card of considerable width, and'rif the card should be longer than the distance between the strips, its ends will project out beyond them, asscen in red in Iig. 1.

When it is desired toremove the card, it is merely necessary to raise the edges 4 of the plates B U, so as to withdraw the points b from the card, which is then free to be drawn out.

The above-described card-holder is of simple construction, and can be furnished at a triilingcost, while by its use a card of any ordinary dimensions, bearing the desired address, may be readily attached to a trunk, and held securely in place, thus avoiding-the necessity of driving tacks into the sides ortop of a trunk, which would mar and dcface it.

C'Zat'm. What I claimfas my invention, and desire to secure byiLctters Patent, is The within-,described card-holder for trunks, consisting of the strips or plates B C, in combination' with points or projections, or their equivalent, for holding the card securely in place, substantially as set forth WILLIAM L. PAINE.

Witnesses:

P. E. Tnscnnnncnnn, N. W. Susanne. 

